Garment-pocket.



1. McVElGH & s. McCURDY.

GARMENT POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6. 1914.

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I111 STTES PATENT JOHN MOVEIGH AND SAMUEL MGCURDY, OF LONDONDERRY, IRELAND.

GARMENT-POCKET.

To all whom it may/- concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN MOVEIGH and SAMUEL MoCmmY, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Market Buildings, Strand, Londonderry, Ireland, have invented Improvements in Garment-Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment pockets in which the opening, through which the hand is inserted, is usually horizontal, and the invention has for its object an improved form of such pockets in which not only is the sagging of the lower edge of the pocket opening, and a consequently unsightly apperance prevented when a heavy object is carried in the pocket, but also in which the sides of the pocket are prevented-from being torn open by undue strain as is sometimes the casein a pocket having a simple sag preventing fold caught at itsends in the pocket side seams,

According to our invention we obviate this liability to tear at the sides by specially uniting the pocket facing strip and pocket front wall. The facing-strip is so sewn that the middle of the uniting line of sewing is lower than the ends thereof. Conveniently this line is of a shallow V-shape. The upper outside edge of the pocket front wall and the lower edge of the facing-strip may be cut to an inverted shallow corresponding V- shape. The two specially shaped edges thus formed are then laid one upon the other, point to point and sewn together along and parallel to the V-shaped edges. The pocket front wall is then turned down and the pocketwill have, when sewn into the garment and at its juncture with the facing-strip, a V-shaped sack which, when pressure is brought tobear on the bottom of the pocket, opens so as to lengthen the front wall of the pocket at the center and thus cause that part of the weight carried by the said front wall to be supported entirely by the facing-strip and front wall along and near the ends of the \l-shaped or curved line of sewing, not only preventing sagging of the facing-strip and lower edge of the pocket opening, but also relieving the pocket sides of a strain liable to tear down the ends of a simple plait or fold caught only in the said sides and so to avoid the purpose of the said plait or fold.

R f rring now to the accompanying draw Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented July 2, 1918. Application filed October 6, 1914.. Serial No. 865,352. a i V ings which illustrate a garment pocket formedin accordance with our invention,

Figure 1 is a front view of part of a garment provided with our improved pocket.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the facing strip and pocket front wall sewn together.

Figs. 3 and at are sections on the line w, w and y, 'y respectively of Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 is a section corresponding to Fig. 3 showing the pocket weighted.

The garment material A has the usual horizontal pocket opening .13, admitting to the pocket proper. O is the facing strip or reinforce having its lower edge out to a V shape as shown in Fig. 2 and laid upon the pocket front wall D to which it is united by sewing along the line E. 7

Before attachment to the garment A the pocket front wall D is doubled upon itself, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so as to leave a sack F of V shape having for one of its sides the facing-strip 'C and for the other side the turned over part of the pocket front wall D.

Thus arranged, the pocket and facingstrips are sewn into the garment to form a pocket in the usual manner.

It will be obvious that when a heavy objeot is placed in the pocket, for example as indicated in Fig. 5, no strain will be transmitted to the center of the facing-strip sufficient to make it sag, but that the pull will be taken by the V-shaped line E near its ends. Any pull on the center of the front part of the pocket-strip D tending, in the case of small strains only to open the sack F, and deflect the pocket, but when the strain is greater more of the pull is taken by the V-shaped or curved line. Nevertheless, the facing strip C is relievedrof the strain tending to distort the lower edge of the pocket opening. v

The advantage of a pocket according to this our invention over a pocket made with a simple fold and having its ends only caught in the side seams isthatthe strain set up by the weight is taken directly by and along the ends of the bowed or V-shaped line of sewing uniting the facing-strip and the pocket front wall instead of by the uppermost stitch at the top ofthe fold where the latter is caught in each pocket sideseam and which stitch alone prevents the commencement of the tearing open of the fold.

A further ad ant g resulting fr m as invention is that the common 'method of inaliingpockets is followed, Withthe exception of sewing a V-shaped or curved line instead of a straight line, so -that especially skilled labor is not required in manufacture.

Claim:

In a garment, provided with a horizontal pocket *open-ing, in combination, I a ifaeing strip or reinforce sewn at its ripper edge to the lower edge of the pocket opening, a pooket having the invertednpper edge of its front wall sewn: to the reinforce along a line eitending downwardly from one side 'ed'geof the said 'frontfwall tothe "center thereof and thence upwardly to the-opposite side'edge'of'the said front wall, the upper opening and the sides of the pocket closec,

"Substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatllrsin piesence of tWo witnesses.

:JOHN MQVEIGH.

SAMUEL MoCUR-DY.

\Vitnesses :PI'IVILIR OH LAN, HUG SWEENEY.

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